I write, and I speak. Below’s what I’ve been up to lately; here’s my bio.
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SELECT CLIPS
Whole Life Times
* Green Your Diet Now: 24 fresh ways to reduce your foodprint (March 2009)
* Night of the Living Dead (Feb 2009)
* The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal) (Jan. 2009)
* Small Change Changes the World (Dec. 2008)
* Power To The Gym Rats (Oct. 2008)
* Spin Cycle: Real green goods or greenwashed sales pitch? (April 2008) [PDF
BlogHer.com
* Six Stealthy Ways to Keep Holiday Gifts Out of the Landfill (Jan. 2010)
* Eco-friendly Phones: How Green Are They Really? (Dec. 2009)
* Clorox's new dish liquid avoids the carcinogen in many green products (Sept. 2008)
* Get your hair did: Eco-friendly hair care (July 2007)
Lime.com
* Bamboo or Bamboozle? (Sep. 2009)
* The Eco-shopper’s Dilemma (June 2009)
Treehugger.com
* Book Review: Fermenting Revolution (Feb. 2007)
* Book Review: Deep Economy by Bill McKibben (April 2007)
* 100 Mile Diet: I Never Promised You a Tomato Garden (Nov. 2006)
* 6-Step Program for the Caffeine Addicted (Oct. 2006)
WorldChanging.com
* Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan (Feb. 2007)
* LA transit chief's Hummer (Jan. 2007)
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THE REGULARS
>> Lifestyle Blogger, Mother Nature Network (mnn.com). November 2008 - .
>> Contributing Editor, Green & Eco-conscious section, BlogHer.com. May 2007 – .
>> Blogger, FilterForGood blog. Sept. 2008 - .
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TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
>> "AB 32 and the Rise of Green Social Media," Panelist, Breathe LA's 2010 Green Salon Series, Los Angeles, March 2010. (upcoming)
>> "Social Media and Green Business," Speaker, UCLA Extension - Sustainable Social Media class, Los Angeles, Jan. 2010.
>> "Online Journalism/Blogging as a Profession," Panelist, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Nov. 2009.
>> "The Impact of Tech on Good and Green," Moderator, Girls in Tech, Marina Del Rey, Nov. 2009.
>> "How to Live Car Free or Car Lite," Panelist, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, Nov. 2009.
>> Green Blogger Convention, Panelist, Ecostiletto event at Environment Furniture, Los Angeles, Nov. 2009.
>> "Peeling Back the Label: Shedding Light on the Food Industry, Misleading Consumer Information and the Impact on Human Health," Panelist, Alliance Hollywood, Los Angeles, Oct. 2009.
>> "Blogging Green," Speaker, WordCamp LA, Sept. 2009.
>> "Leadership: Green and Eco-Blogging," Speaker, BlogHer '09: In Real Life, Chicago, July 2009.
>> "How to be Green in LA - and Beyond," Panelist, BlankSpaces, Los Angeles, April 2009.
>> "Walking the Talk: Asian American Women Taking the Lead to Save the Planet," Speaker, Third Tuesday Series, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, March 2009.
>> “Bike Blogs and More: Electronic Communications Panel,” Panelist, Los Angeles Bike Summit, Los Angeles, March 2009.
>> "Sustainable Living Workshop," Speaker, Environment 1st, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Nov. 2008.
>> "Merging grassroots action with online social networks." Panelist for Leadership Panel, Asian American Environmental Symposium, Los Angeles, Nov. 2008.
>> "What does it mean to be sex positive?" panel discussion, Panelist, Sex Positive Week, California State University Long Beach, Oct. 2008.
>> Service Learning course, Speaker, Westridge School, Pasadena, Calif., Oct. 2008.
>> “Transforming Transit” Symposium, Panelist, Bus of the Future event at Alternative Car and Transportation Expo, Santa Monica, Calif., Sep. 2008.
>> “Green Apartment Living” Class, Organizer and Panelist, Co-opportunity Green Living Class Series, Santa Monica, Calif., July 2008.
>> “L.A. Blogs, Green Blogs; New Media and Social Change,” Panelist, Green L.A. and Liberty Hill Foundation panel, Los Angeles, Calif., July 2008.
>> “Urban Sustainability and Social Justice: The University's Role,” Panelist, Urban Sustainability and Social Justice: An Invited Community Dialogue, Antioch College, Culver City, Oct. 2007.
>> “Point A to B,” Panelist, PSFK Conference Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Sept. 2007.
>> “Getting it On(line) for a cause: Part 2 – Raising Consciousness,” A World of Difference. BlogHer Conference 2007, Chicago, July 2007.
>> Guest expert, Green Health Live at thestream.tv, Sept. 2007.
>> Guest host, YourLA, KNBC, Aug. and Oct. 2007.
>> “How You Can Change the World with Your Morning Cup of Coffee,” Presenter, Rooting Ourselves in Social Change: 2nd Annual Social Justice Summit. California State University, Fullerton, April 2006.
>> “New Challenges with Fair Trade Certification,” Workshop organizer and moderator, United Students for Fair Trade International Convergence. University of Denver, Colorado, Feb. 2006.
>> “Environmental Blogging,” Panelist, Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, Calif., Jan 2006.
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IN THE PRESS AND BLOGOSPHERE
>> "Siel of Green LA Girl: Featured Blogger Interview." Handmade News. March, 2010.
>> "Sexy and Green: Top 10 Eco Hotties on Twitter." NBC. Nov. 2009.
>> "Vital Spy: Siel Ju." Vital Juice. Sept. 2009.
>> "Interview with Green LA Girl." KCET's Pixeltown. Aug. 2009.
>> "Who's Who in Green." Earth First, May 2009.
>> "Eco-nomical: Buying Local." National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Sunday, Nov. 2008.
>> "Queen of Green" (Interview). KoreAm magazine, July 2008.
>> "Top 20 Green Blogs." The Budget Ecoist, July 2008.
>> "Green Blogs." Good Dirt Radio, Feb. 2008.
>> "Ten Money Questions" (Interview). BlogHer.com, Nov. 2007.
>> "Green LA Girl & Guest Editor of the Day" (Interview) LAist.com, July 2007.
>> "Greengeeks and grist: Environmental blogs offer a view into a better world." Sacramento News & Review, July 2007.
>> "What’s so Funny?" Outside magazine, March 2007.
>> "Buzzworthy: Is fair trade coffee a tradeoff?" GOOD magazine, Dec. 2006.
>> "Green Blogs: The Green revolution moves online." SFGate, March 2006.
>> "The Coffee Sessions: Session 7" (Interview). The Year of Coffee Blog, Nov. 2005.
>> "Starbucks Meets Its 'Challenge.'" Joel Makower blog, Oct. 2005.
[last updated 3/2/10]
